Milgriam And The Variations

Question 1

What was the aim of Milgrim’s study

Answer 1

To investigate destructive obedience(if a person will follow instruction to harm another if instructed by an authority figure)

Question 2

How were participants recruited?

Answer 2

In the newspaper, labelled “study of memory”

Question 3

How much ere participants payed?

Answer 3

$4.50

Question 4

Who was the confederate(actor)

Answer 4

Mr Wallace

Question 5

What role did the actor take on

Answer 5

The role of the learner

Question 6

What increments was voltage applied in

Answer 6

15 volts

Question 7

What were the prompts that milgrim used

Answer 7

‘You must go on.’
‘You have no choice.’
‘The experiment requires you to continue’

Question 8

How many participants continued to 450V

Answer 8

65% (26/40)

Question 9

How many participants continued to 300V

Answer 9

100%(40/40)

Question 10

What was Milgrim’s 7th variation

Answer 10

Telephone instructions/Closeness of authority

Question 11

What was Milgrim’s 10th variation

Answer 11

Rundown office/institutional context

Question 12

What was Milgrim’s 13th variation

Answer 12

Ordinary man giving orders

Question 13

What was the change in procedure in the 7th variation

Answer 13

Experimenter began giving instructions in the same room but left during the experiment - then communicated by telephone.

Question 14

What were the results of the 7th variation?

Answer 14

Obedience dropped from 26 to 9. Participants were lowering shocks instead of increasing voltage and didn’t confess

Question 15

What is the conclusion of Milgrim’s original experiment

Answer 15

Levels of obedience decreased after potential harm but all participants believed that prompts her important

Question 16

What is the conclusion of Milgrm’s 7th experiment

Answer 16

When authority was not face to face it was harder to obey.Physical presence is an important force

Question 17

What was the aim of Milgrim’s 10th study

Answer 17

To see if the change of setting(a run down office) and no credible connection to Yale would affect participation

Question 18

What was the procedure of the 10th variation

Answer 18

Same procedure as the original study was followed except the lab was clean and minimally furnished

Question 19

What were the results if Milgrims’s 10th variation

Answer 19

Participants questioned the morality and legitimacy of the experiment and obedience dropped a little from 65% to 47.5%

Question 20

What was the conclusion of migrim’s 10th variation

Answer 20

Legitimacy of setting has a slight difference in obedience

Question 21

What was the aim of Milgrim’s 13th variation

Answer 21

To see if a man with no authority would affected obedience

Question 22

What is the procedure of the 13th variation?

Answer 22

Experiment gives instruction on shock administration but gets called to leave the room.Accomplice who recorded result takes role of suggesting to increase voltage

Question 23

What were the results of the 13th variation

Answer 23

80%(16/20) participants broke instruction. 4/20 went to maximum. When accomplice took over,16/20 watched him administer shocks. 16 bystanders protested and 5 attempted to disconnect power/physically restrain.

Question 24

What is the conclusion of 13th variation

Answer 24

Levels of obedience fell heavily and participants didn’t obey an ordinary man giving instruction